CPR Training

This week on Office Ladies 6.0, Jenna and Angela dig back into one of the most iconic episodes of The Office, “Stress Relief, Part 1.” The ladies break down all the hilarious extended CPR training scenes, uncover even more of Michael Scott’s bizarre emergency response logic, and sit down with Robin Lynch, who played the unforgettable CPR instructor, Rose. Robin shares how she landed the role, and kept a straight face opposite Steve Carell, and why this one-day guest spot continues to impact her life years later. Along the way, Jenna and Angela swap the historical moments they’d most want to witness, and answer a fan question about their favorite and least favorite Office outfits. So brush up on your CPR, keep the Bee Gees on standby, and enjoy! Office Ladies Website - Submit a fan question for Around the Town, Chit Chat, and Second Drink favorite moment:https://officeladies.com/submitaquestion Follow Us on Instagram:OfficeLadiesPod https://www.instagram.com/officeladiespod/ Follow Us on YouTube https://youtube.com/@officeladiespod?si=D0oKJwFJuK9txzFM Follow Us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@officeladiespod?_t=ZT-8y1gqTrJyOs&_r=1

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  I'm Jenna Fisher. And I'm Angela Kinsey. We were on The Office together and we're best friends. And now we're doing the ultimate Office Lovers podcast just for you. Each week, we will dive deeper into the world of The Office with exclusive interviews, behind the scenes details, and lots of BFF stories. We're The Office Lady 6.0.

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  Hello. Hi.

• 0:27Speaker 01

  Lady, I have a new way I'm being influenced. I'm being influenced into making my bed a very specific way.

• 0:34Speaker 00

  Like, different than how you've made it your whole life?

• 0:37Speaker 01

  Different than how I've been making it, yeah. I like a made bed because at night, I like to get into a bed that's made.

• 0:43Speaker 00

  Listen, I like a made bed because then I feel like my room doesn't feel cluttered.

• 0:48Speaker 01

  Same.

• 0:48Speaker 00

  I can have maybe like a pile of clothes I need to put away, but if my bed is made, I don't feel so, you know, sloppy.

• 0:55Speaker 01

  Same. Well, I got influenced. I saw this video, this guy making his bed. He's very certain about how it should be made.

• 1:03Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 1:03Speaker 01

  And I love it so much that I'm making my kids' beds again. I'm making all the beds.

• 1:08Speaker 00

  I make beds like on the weekends. On a weekday morning, everyone's like running out. I'm like, ah.

• 1:14Speaker 01

  No, I'm so excited to make beds now.

• 1:16Speaker 02

  Can I ask, how were you influenced to make your bed differently?

• 1:19Speaker 01

  I'll share the video with you.

• 1:20Speaker 02

  I would love it.

• 1:20Speaker 01

  I'll share it with everyone.

• 1:22Speaker 02

  I'm huge into making my bed.

• 1:22Speaker 01

  He's delightful. So first of all, I would always sort of pull the comforter all the way up and then put the pillows on top of it. That's like a hard no for him. He's like, no. You bend back the comforter to let the sheets breathe underneath. And then also, you don't put your pillows vertical. You put them horizontal.

• 1:42Speaker 00

  Like a hotel.

• 1:43Speaker 01

  Yes, it kind of is like a hotel bed. And he has strong feelings about throw pillows.

• 1:48Speaker 00

  I bet he doesn't like them because he wants all the pillows flat. I bet there's no throw pillows on his bed.

• 1:54Speaker 01

  You can have one long lumbar pillow sitting in front of your four stacked pillows. The end.

• 2:02Speaker 00

  So my two hummingbird pillows are off the bed, huh?

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  I mean-

• 2:06Speaker 02

  They didn't make the cut?

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  Wow.

• 2:08Speaker 01

  Sorry.

• 2:08Speaker 00

  Wow. Well, you know what, fella? You don't get to tell me.

• 2:13Speaker 01

  Oh, my gosh. Oh, my goodness.

• 2:16Speaker 00

  Don't come between me and my hummingbird pillows that my mom got at Cracker Barrel. Well, I want to share with everyone that you had a little bit of a Pam moment this week at work.

• 2:26Speaker 01

  What? Oh, no. You're gonna tell people about that?

• 2:30Speaker 00

  Sam.

• 2:31Speaker 02

  Go, go nuts.

• 2:33Speaker 00

  Did someone in this office make a sign and hung it over the sink?

• 2:38Speaker 02

  It is eerily similar to the sign in the show. This one might be more passive aggressive.

• 2:44Speaker 00

  So Jenna got here before me. I come in and she's just like writing something and then she's taping it. And I'm like, what is happening? And Sam's like, well, go read the sign. Sam, will you read it?

• 2:54Speaker 02

  It says, please wash your own dishes. Dishwashing service is not provided here.

• 3:01Speaker 01

  Because we share this space-

• 3:03Speaker 00

  Yes, we do.

• 3:03Speaker 01

  -with other podcasts and people recording things. And I keep coming in and the sink is just full of people's dirty cups and dishes.

• 3:13Speaker 00

  And we should say, you guys, at the end of our recording day, we clean anything in the sink that was ours.

• 3:18Speaker 01

  And we clean the studio.

• 3:20Speaker 00

  Yeah, we tidy up.

• 3:21Speaker 01

  Well, I think there's some new people recording here and I-

• 3:24Speaker 00

  We don't know who they are.

• 3:25Speaker 01

  We don't know who they are. It's not Ben Stiller and Adam Scott. I want to say there were never dishes in the sink when they were here.

• 3:31Speaker 00

  Yeah, really big headset settings.

• 3:34Speaker 01

  But no dishes. But whoever has been coming in, I think they might have assumed that maybe that's part of the custodial service.

• 3:42Speaker 00

  And you're letting them know.

• 3:44Speaker 01

  I'm letting them know it is not. I'm tired of washing your shit.

• 3:48Speaker 00

  I'm gonna take a picture of you by it.

• 3:50Speaker 02

  Can I give you a quick update on the situation?

• 3:52Speaker 01

  Sure.

• 3:53Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah, Matt.

• 3:54Speaker 02

  So I've let our landlords and people who manage the building know about the situation. And there's a full-on investigation-

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  Stop it.

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  Possibly involving security footage of who might be there. There's an investigation underway.

• 4:09Speaker 01

  I'm like, Matt.

• 4:10Speaker 02

  I need closure on this now.

• 4:11Speaker 01

  Into who is leaving the dishes in the sink?

• 4:15Speaker 02

  This is your first mom detective case with an actual result?

• 4:18Speaker 01

  This is so exciting.

• 4:19Speaker 00

  Not yet.

• 4:20Speaker 03

  True.

• 4:21Speaker 01

  Wow.

• 4:22Speaker 00

  Wait, so now I'm so baffled. Are there cameras in our kitchen?

• 4:28Speaker 03

  I think just in the building hallways.

• 4:30Speaker 00

  Oh, not that, I mean, you guys, I haven't done anything in the kitchen. I'm just saying. Well, we did change clothes in there.

• 4:36Speaker 01

  We have changed clothes in the offices here.

• 4:39Speaker 00

  I know. For like, you'll have a meeting and we'll change clothes before we like hop on the Zoom.

• 4:45Speaker 01

  Exactly.

• 4:45Speaker 03

  Building security footage.

• 4:47Speaker 00

  Okay, good.

• 4:49Speaker 01

  So, okay, this is interesting. So they are looking at the date of the dirty dishes from probably last week when I was annoyed and I said something.

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  Who was in the hallway?

• 5:01Speaker 01

  Yeah.

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  And who went in?

• 5:02Speaker 03

  They are. They are. We've got our best people on it.

• 5:04Speaker 00

  Wow. I had no idea. I just thought, Matt, you just fired off a snarky email like, hey, clean your dishes.

• 5:12Speaker 00

  Oh, my gosh. All right. Well, yeah. Okay. So Jenna, you have a tidy bed and we're gonna have a tidy office. Where are we?

• 5:19Speaker 01

  That was a lot of banter.

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  It was.

• 5:20Speaker 01

  Up top, but we're in a bantering mood. We have a really fun episode today, though.

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  With a great guest.

• 5:27Speaker 01

  Yes, we got to interview Robin Lynch, who played the CPR instructor in Stress Relief Part One.

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  So in our original breakdown of the episode, we had shared that we tried to get ahold of her and we wanted to speak with her. Well, after that episode aired, we got a message from Robin thanking us for our kind words about her performance and she was like, I would love to come and share about my experience on the show.

• 5:51Speaker 01

  So listen, this was a really fun chat. She is such a lovely person. You might remember that I suspected she had some sort of actual CPR experience because she was so real. And in our interview, Robin will reveal if I was right.

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  But first, we have our chit chat suggestion from Leanne P. in Cleveland, Ohio.

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  Hi, Office ladies. My name is Leanne and I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I am a history buff and often wonder what it would have been like to witness certain events. This is especially true when I visit the Gettysburg Battlefield. My chit chat question is this. If you could be a fly on the wall and witness any event in history, what would you choose? It could be a major event or something small that has always fascinated you. Looking forward to your answer.

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  Did you have something come to mind right away?

• 6:42Speaker 00

  I had something that came to my mind immediately, like two things, actually.

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  Okay.

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  Can I share both?

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  Of course.

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  Okay, so the first one you guys is years ago, I was in London and I did a tour of the Hampton Court Palace. And on this tour, I was not expecting this. I sort of thought I would see like old rooms and you know, like ye olde things. We turn this corner and we enter into what looks like a very small tennis court.

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  Oh, I've seen it. I've been there.

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  Yes, right?

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  It's indoors.

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  It's indoors. It was built in the 1520s. I guess it still remains active today and you can play on it if you're a member.

• 7:23Speaker 01

  There were two guys playing tennis.

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  When you were there?

• 7:26Speaker 01

  Yes.

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  Oh, no one was playing when I was there. Well, anyway, I guess the history says that Henry VIII was an avid and very skilled player of what they called real tennis, which was often called the sport of kings. It was the precursor to what we know now as modern tennis. And I just would love to just be a fly on the wall, watching Henry VIII and his whatever, his whole like royal court, playing this game. That would be fascinating to me.

• 7:55Speaker 01

  Very cool.

• 7:56Speaker 00

  Right? So obviously that's driven by my love of tennis and just wanting to see what that game looked like in the 1520s. But then the other thing I've always sort of, I don't know if the word romanticize is right, but I've just always thought it would have been so cool to witness the very first moon landing and walking on the moon. Like, I can't imagine the electricity that was going through our country at that time and the excitement and how collectively everyone came together to watch and witness this moment. You know, people gathered around their televisions and the feeling that felt like to see that moment in history, I think would be so amazing.

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  Yeah.

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  To see in real time, you know, you can see old footage of it, but to be at home with your family, watching your little home TV of that event must have just been so amazing.

• 8:54Speaker 01

  Yeah.

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  So those were the two that came to mind. I mean, you know, there's so many. It's hard to pick, you know, but Leanne, I loved this question.

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  Well, it's interesting. I thought about the moon landing as well.

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  Did you really?

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  I did because I thought how there are some things that when they're happening, you know, they are historic and that's an example of one.

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  Yes.

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  And then there's other things that only later.

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  You realize.

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  You sort of realize, oh, that was a historic moment. But if you were there, it might not feel any different than just a regular moment.

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  Mm hmm.

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  But I got really caught up. Like, my first thought was that I thought of all, like, the unsolved crimes. And I thought, oh, what if I could be there to see what really happened? And then I would just know. Like, I could just, not that I want to see a crime. Oh, my goodness. But, you know, like, then we'd have, like, certainty.

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  Mm hmm.

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  Right?

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  Yeah.

• 9:53Speaker 01

  But then I don't really want to see a crime happen because that feels disturbing and upsetting.

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  You don't want to see the crime. You want to see who did it.

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  Yeah, I want to end the mystery.

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  Like whoever's leaving the, you're like, ah, it was you.

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  We knew it and we were right all along. Or like, oh, my gosh, they really were innocent or whatever. Or mystery solved.

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  This is very much your brain of like, your brain likes to finish an equation, solve a problem, put that last piece in the puzzle.

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  I guess I thought, like, I did think, how could it be useful to more than just myself?

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  Mom detectives of history.

• 10:31Speaker 01

  Oh, I guess so. I guess so. We go back and solve all the crimes of the past.

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  Yes, with snacks.

• 10:40Speaker 03

  You could go back to two weeks ago and see who was in our kitchen.

• 10:43Speaker 01

  Ah, yes. Exactly, exactly. But then I was like, okay, since I don't really want to witness an actual crime that feels upsetting, I Googled. I was a lady who Googles. And I was like, what are some historical events that would be cool to witness? That's literally what I put in. And you know what popped up that I was like, yeah? And it's a little bit in the same vein, is the construction of the pyramids.

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  Oh, yes.

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  Because like, wouldn't you like to be like, that's how they did it?

• 11:14Speaker 03

  Yeah. Well, aliens.

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  Well, I could answer that question for you because I will have seen it. Sam, what about you?

• 11:22Speaker 02

  I, okay, my brain went to where your brain went. It went to like Black Dahlia or Jack the Ripper, but in the same thing, I don't want to see those murders happen. So I landed on, do you guys know who D.B. Cooper is?

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  I did not.

• 11:33Speaker 02

  D.B. Cooper was the alias that he gave to the FBI. So in November 24th, 1971, a guy named D.B. Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient flight, demanded a $200,000 ransom and parachuted from the plane into a heavily wooded area of South Washington. Experts highly doubt he survived the freezing temperatures and high speed winds, but in 1980, a young boy discovered a decaying package containing $5,800 of the ransom money buried along the Columbia River. So I would just be curious who that guy was, like where, if he made it.

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  Did he make it? Or did someone find his dead body and the money?

• 12:09Speaker 02

  Exactly. Or did he leave some of the money out so that he would appear dead?

• 12:14Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah. You guys both want a mom detective history.

• 12:20Speaker 02

  I think I just want to time travel is what I want to use this for. Yeah.

• 12:23Speaker 00

  I want to time travel and play tennis.

• 12:25Speaker 02

  Yeah. Also, I'm laughing so hard at the idea of you backhanding, uh, was it King Henry VIII in the face? Are you hulking out on a living king?

• 12:33Speaker 00

  Oh, my gosh. I would be sent to the tower.

• 12:35Speaker 02

  Yeah, exactly.

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  A little angler.

• 12:37Speaker 02

  Yeah. You'd be beheaded afterwards.

• 12:39Speaker 00

  I know. I'd be like, I'm sorry.

• 12:40Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 12:41Speaker 00

  You shouldn't have been in the way. Get your racket up, Henry VIII. Leg kick.

• 12:49Speaker 00

  Too funny. Matt, what about you? Do you have one?

• 12:52Speaker 03

  Yeah, so I love American history. So like, kind of my first thoughts are like something kind of rugged. Like, I've always loved the Revolutionary War or like the Gold Rush. But then I sort of think like, it sounds kind of like hard and cold and like, most people aren't brushing their teeth at that time and just like, sounds a little too rugged for me.

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  The Gold Rush is too rugged.

• 13:12Speaker 03

  Yeah, I kind of just want to go to a swing and good time, like Paris before the war or the Summer of Love or something like that. Like, you know, just like, I'm just here for the vibes.

• 13:22Speaker 01

  Oh, my God. If I could be at the Green Day concert with the mud fight, that would be like so epic.

• 13:30Speaker 02

  Yeah, those would suck 94.

• 13:32Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 13:32Speaker 02

  Yeah.

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  Or like, I think about too, that, that amazing concert with Queen. Was it Live Aid where he was that massive stadium? That just felt like electric, didn't it?

• 13:43Speaker 02

  Yeah. That was another one where everyone, no matter where you were, was at your TV set, like the moon landing.

• 13:49Speaker 00

  Yeah, yeah. I mean, partially for me, for the moon landing. Okay, cool, science, yay. But also, you know, I'd have a really cute outfit.

• 13:57Speaker 02

  Yeah. And along those same vines, I'll say Beatles playing Ed Sullivan would be pretty.

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  Oh, that'd be amazing.

• 14:03Speaker 02

  Their first time in America would be pretty great.

• 14:04Speaker 01

  All right, yay.

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  Yay.

• 14:06Speaker 01

  So fun. Well, we're gonna solve some mysteries and have some fun, listen to music and play tennis when we go back in time. Thank you so much. Well, why don't we take a break? And when we come back, we are going to talk about a few of the extra things that were added back to Stress Relief Part One from the Superfan episode. And we are going to talk with Robin Lynch, who played Rose, the CPR instructor.

• 14:37Speaker 01

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• 14:49Speaker 01

  Okay, lady, I have a big share. It's kind of gonna blow your mind. So you know, my niece, Cece.

• 14:56Speaker 00

  Yeah.

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  Who we named Jim and Pam's baby after, Cece.

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  Yeah.

• 15:01Speaker 01

  The real Cece, my niece, just got her driver's license.

• 15:07Speaker 00

  Oh, my gosh. She was a baby. Ah.

• 15:11Speaker 01

  She was just born when Jim and Pam's baby was born. So that means Jim and Pam's baby also just got her driver's license.

• 15:19Speaker 00

  Oh, I can't even. That's a mind meld.

• 15:22Speaker 01

  Isn't it? I mean, can you imagine? I mean, Jim is taking Cece out, driving, and Pam is there trying to help fictional Cece get a little car. And I'm doing that with the real Cece. I'm helping my sister find a car for my niece, because she's got a summer job.

• 15:40Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah.

• 15:41Speaker 01

  And she's gonna be driving to her summer job.

• 15:43Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah. All that. Yeah. Isn't Jack, you know, they're driving to school now. They're very excited. They carpool. It's a wild world.

• 15:53Speaker 01

  It is. And you know, it's a big thing to add another car to the family, another driver to the family.

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• 16:59Speaker 01

  All right, we are back. And you all know that the CPR training from season five, Stress Relief, Part One, it's epic. We all know this scene.

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  Mm-hmm.

• 17:11Speaker 01

  It's after Dwight's crazy fire drill, Stanley collapses, and now Michael has called everyone into the conference room to get CPR training, should Stanley's heart, quote, "go berserk" again.

• 17:22Speaker 00

  Every time Michael said Stanley's heart, well, it went berserk.

• 17:25Speaker 01

  I know.

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  Makes me laugh. So the superfan version of this episode is fantastic. Way to go, Dave Rogers. And there's a ton of extra stuff just from the CPR scenes that was put back in. For example, the moment we first meet Rose in the conference room is much longer, and she and Michael will really get into it right from the beginning. Rose kind of makes a joke, and people laugh a little, and Michael does not like it.

• 17:49Speaker 01

  He never likes that.

• 17:51Speaker 00

  Uh-uh. Let's hear it.

• 17:53Speaker 05

  ABC, okay? And that stands for airway, breathing, and circulation.

• 17:58Speaker 06

  Okay. You know what? That could be a little confusing, because in sales, ABC means always be closing.

• 18:03Speaker 05

  Well, try not to close a sale when administering CPR.

• 18:07Speaker 06

  Okay, well, Rose is it? This is serious. And you're sort of making a mockery of it. We almost lost one of our employees. And I feel like you're being a little jerky and a little condescending and sort of a tool.

• 18:24Speaker 05

  Okay, I'm here to do a job and you cannot talk to me that way.

• 18:27Speaker 06

  Well, honestly, the only reason that you are here, Rose, is because I couldn't get a CPR dummy. So if you want to wander around for an hour, that's... This is a farce. I should be teaching this course. Shut it, shut it.

• 18:38Speaker 01

  Yeah, so Michael then has this talking head where he explains, like, he tried to get a CPR dummy by itself, but they insist that an instructor come with it. It's so amazing. But I love Rose is it?

• 18:52Speaker 00

  Mm-hmm. I also love, you know what? And you're kind of being a tool. Can you imagine someone saying that to you? If you've just, like, come to do this demonstration at an office? It's crazy.

• 19:05Speaker 01

  So, next up, we see Kevin, and he's administering chest compressions to the dummy. But in the superfan version, there's more bickering between Michael and Rose, and Dwight gets in on it, too. You have to hear it.

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  Rose, I am sorry. It is just that Stanley Hudson here almost died. We almost lost him, and we need you to take this very seriously.

• 19:32Speaker 05

  I am taking this seriously.

• 19:33Speaker 06

  Okay, well, then, no more jokes, please.

• 19:35Speaker 05

  Anyway, the first thing you need to do is assess the situation. You can ask, are you okay?

• 19:41Speaker 07

  Really? He's had a heart attack, and you're gonna make idle chit-chat? Are you even certified?

• 19:48Speaker 06

  Shut it, Dwight. Okay.

• 19:50Speaker 01

  So, there you go. She has her hands full with these guys, for sure. And it's only gonna get worse. So, now, we have this bit where Michael is trying to convince Stanley to try administering CPR to the dummy, and Stanley is not interested. And this is when Michael has that great line where he says, "We're not always gonna be there to coddle your heart back when it disappears to be working. What are you gonna do if you are by yourself and your heart stops?" And Stanley says, "I would die." And Michael says, "And you're okay with that?" And Stanley says, "I'm okay with the logic of it." I've always loved that exchange.

• 20:30Speaker 00

  Me too.

• 20:31Speaker 01

  Such a great scene.

• 20:32Speaker 00

  And Leslie, like, his delivery is perfect.

• 20:34Speaker 01

  Well, lady, when I was rewatching it, this whole exchange, it happens in front of Andy, Oscar, Phyllis, and Meredith. They are like lined up in chairs along the wall. Michael is on his knees in front of Stanley in the wheelchair. And I just have to encourage people to watch those four actors in the background during this exchange. It is such an amazing, just deadpan, active, listening work that they are doing. Nobody steals focus, but everyone is completely dialed in, engaged. They're in character. I think it's a top-tier background acting moment on the show.

• 21:11Speaker 00

  I'm for sure gonna check it out, because I remember desperately wanting to be on the back row, and they put me right in the front. And I'm almost never in the front. And I was like, "Today of all days, where this is happening, right there, I'm in the front." I was like, "Oh, no, I was so worried I was gonna break." Okay, well, so Michael does end up convincing Stanley to try CPR, but he's gonna bail pretty quickly. And Michael has to take over. And Rose says, "Okay, assessing the situation, are they breathing?" And Michael says, "No, Rose, they are not breathing." But Steve, as Michael, says it's so snarky.

• 21:50Speaker 01

  So snarky.

• 21:51Speaker 00

  And then he says, "And they have no arms or legs." And Rose replies, "That's not part of it."

• 21:58Speaker 01

  So this obsession with what happened to the dummy's arms and legs is much longer in the superfan version. Like, Michael and Dwight get very preoccupied with also, like, what is the location of this person? Where were they found? And, you know, Rose is trying to be like, "You're in an office." But it goes all over the place, you have to hear it.

• 22:21Speaker 06

  You know what? If we come across somebody with no arms or legs, do we bother resuscitating them? I mean, what kind of quality of life do we have there? I would want to live with them. No legs. How about no arms? No arms or legs is basically how you exist right now, Kevin. You don't do anything. Here's another question. Was he born this way with no arms or legs? Or were they blown off? If that's the case, should we use a tourniquet to tie off the bloody stumps?

• 22:48Speaker 05

  Okay, we're not gonna be covering tourniquets today, just because it rarely happens in an office place.

• 22:53Speaker 07

  Not covering tourniquets? That should be the first thing we cover. Otherwise, the blood will just go oozing out of the stumps.

• 22:58Speaker 06

  I think Dwight is right. Okay, this is the scenario. This is a battlefield, and there are bodies all over the place. And some have had heart attacks, and other people are just resting. So I think, in that case, to go up to someone and say, "Are you okay?", that makes sense to me.

• 23:14Speaker 05

  Okay, for the sake of argument, we are now at a battlefield. And I think it's okay to ask somebody, if that's okay, even in an office. And now, who would like to come up and care for the job?

• 23:25Speaker 06

  You know what? I'm already here. I'll do it.

• 23:26Speaker 05

  Okay.

• 23:27Speaker 06

  So I'm walking across the battlefield. There's someone. Are they a heart attack victim, or are they resting? "Are you okay?" Oh, my God! Your arms and legs have been blown off!

• 23:39Speaker 01

  I mean, it's just, he can't focus.

• 23:42Speaker 00

  He can't. It's not about CPR at all now. He's like reenacting some battlefield moment. I really don't know how Robin got through it. Also, you know, just being on set for the first time, and now you're in front of the whole entire group, and she's driving the scene.

• 23:59Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 24:00Speaker 00

  It's just amazing. And so ultimately, this training ends with Rose suggesting that Michael do chest compressions to the tune of "Staying Alive". And this quickly turns into a full-on dance party.

• 24:13Speaker 01

  Yes, the whole scene is amazing. It's so funny. I think it's time that we talk to Robin about it. So here is the interview we had with Robin Lynch, who plays Rose, the CPR instructor.

• 24:27Speaker 00

  Hello.

• 24:27Speaker 01

  Hi, Robin.

• 24:29Speaker 05

  Hey, guys. How are you?

• 24:30Speaker 01

  Good.

• 24:31Speaker 00

  Good. Welcome to Office, ladies. We're so happy to have you here.

• 24:34Speaker 01

  Aw, you look just the same.

• 24:37Speaker 05

  Oh, my God, thank you. So do you guys. I feel like nothing, time has not changed, my friends. Everything is good.

• 24:42Speaker 01

  Aw.

• 24:43Speaker 00

  We're so excited that you're joining us today. We have been, you know, we rewatched every episode of the show, but we've been revisiting them every Monday. And oh, my gosh, we found all this extra footage from your CPR scenes in The Superfan. Have you seen it?

• 25:00Speaker 05

  I honestly just watched it the other night. So all this time has gone by and I have only seen what everyone else saw on that original airing. So I sat there, I'm watching, I'm like, oh, yeah, I totally forgot. I forgot about all those extra lines and that interaction with the, with the cast, with Steve Carell. It was brilliant. I sat there, I was like, and all I thought was, my skin looks great. That was my takeaway.

• 25:24Speaker 01

  You look fantastic.

• 25:27Speaker 00

  Well, you know what? We were thrilled to watch the scenes too, and we were cracking up. So thank you for being here today. We're gonna kick this off with this question. How did you get your role as Rose, the CPR instructor on The Office?

• 25:40Speaker 01

  Because you know, I wondered if you were a real CPR.

• 25:45Speaker 00

  You were convinced.

• 25:46Speaker 01

  Nurse. Yes.

• 25:48Speaker 05

  Yeah, thank you. That is, I, a side note, when you talked about that in the podcast about stress relief, I think it was like, two years ago?

• 25:57Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 25:57Speaker 05

  You talked about it. I was getting my carpet steamed. And my CPA called me, and he's like, Robin, the girls are talking about you, about your Office episode. They thought you were a real nurse. And I'm like, ha, they thought I was a real, like, I had no idea that was happening. So of course, I immediately listened and cried, because I was like, oh, my gosh, that's like, the biggest compliment an actor can ever hear, that they actually, someone actually thinks that that's what they're, who they really are.

• 26:21Speaker 00

  Yeah, yes.

• 26:22Speaker 05

  So, thank you, thank you. Cried like a baby.

• 26:24Speaker 01

  You definitely nailed the realism.

• 26:26Speaker 00

  Yes, you did. And it didn't matter how crazy the room got. It was like, I'm just here to do this job, and I'm trying my best to do it. And that's It's not easy to do when you have a bunch of wackadoos all around you.

• 26:39Speaker 05

  Well, that was the bottom, the main, the bottom line is when I got the script and I, I knew the show. So that was important. So what happened was my agent reached out to me, who by the way, I never actually met this agent in person. It was one of those online agents, like you get them online through Actors Access or whatever. So he had never seen me in person. And when he sent me on the audition, the description was a sixty, six zero year old.

• 27:01Speaker 00

  Six zero.

• 27:02Speaker 05

  Six zero year old androgynous woman. So I get, I get the breakdown. I'm like, I know this guy hasn't seen me before, but okay, whatever. So I, you know, I go to the audition and it's Alison Jones casting.

• 27:15Speaker 00

  And is it okay if I ask you how old you were as opposed to not being sixty?

• 27:20Speaker 05

  Oh, thirty five.

• 27:22Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 27:22Speaker 05

  No, thirty five. So I'm like, okay, cool. So I go, I'm waiting with these lovely women that were of that age.

• 27:29Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 27:30Speaker 05

  And I'm just, I'm just sitting there like, I don't know what's gonna hap- I'm just happy to be here, happy to be here. But I remember the direction that Ben Harris gave me, which was, he was like, just don't act, just don't. It's okay. And that's what we did.

• 27:44Speaker 00

  And you knew the show, so you knew sort of the tone of it.

• 27:48Speaker 05

  I knew the show and I knew that y'all didn't want me to sing it. It was more me going to use it to teach CPR. So that's what I did. And I just kept it simple. And we, and I didn't have a lot of time really to overanalyze things because I was on set the very next day.

• 28:05Speaker 00

  Wow.

• 28:06Speaker 01

  You were in the audition room the day prior?

• 28:10Speaker 05

  Yes. So I had fifteen pages of dialogue.

• 28:13Speaker 01

  Fifteen pages for the audition?

• 28:16Speaker 00

  Oh my goodness.

• 28:17Speaker 05

  And you had to be off book. So you're off. So I'm like, okay, let's go. And, and we just had so much fun and it was, I left and it was so nice. Ben was like, nice working with you. And I was like,

• 28:26Speaker 00

  Nice.

• 28:27Speaker 05

  I'm like, yay. And so I, for me, I had already won. I was like, I went in there, did my thing. Ben was cool. I'm like, awesome. And then an hour later, they called and said, we need you on set tomorrow at twelve.

• 28:39Speaker 01

  An hour later?

• 28:41Speaker 05

  An hour later on my flip phone.

• 28:44Speaker 00

  Those were the days.

• 28:46Speaker 05

  Those were the days when you're driving with your flip phone. And I'm like, okay. So I just got home, ran over the lines. And the next morning I worked out and I just didn't have time to freak out.

• 28:56Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 28:57Speaker 05

  And I just got to set. When I got there, Angela, I think I was wearing a pair of your pants. They couldn't find anything for me to wear. I was wearing like my purple jacket. I wore that. That's mine. But they, they just kept layering me because when I watched the episode the other day, I was like, God, I look like a hobbit. I look so small. So they kept like putting all these layers on me, I think to make me look like a hu- a human, which is great. And off we went. And I remember we did one rehearsal. And again, Jeffrey Blitz was great. He just came over and said, don't act, just do it. I said, okay. And we just did it.

• 29:31Speaker 00

  You just did it and they were throwing you curveballs left and right.

• 29:36Speaker 05

  They were so funny. Ed Helms, that little rascal, he was trying to make me laugh the whole time.

• 29:43Speaker 00

  He almost did. He almost did. When we rewatched the super fan, he does this thing where he hip checks you. Like he turns while he's dancing and kind of like hits you with his tush and you kind of bump. You're like, what is happening?

• 29:56Speaker 05

  That's exactly my face. I was just, don't laugh, don't do it. And then, yeah, I remember Mindy is up there dan-. I was just like, and remember, I didn't know anything about the episode. I didn't get your script. I only got my part. So when I showed up.

• 30:10Speaker 00

  That's interesting.

• 30:11Speaker 05

  I had no idea what was going on. I heard you guys talking about a cat falling. And I remember being very like, are they throwing animals? Oh my God, you know, whatever. And I was in my lane. I'm like, okay, just, okay, where am I standing here? And then, and as I watched it the other day, I'm like, ah, I see why they did, how they actually had Steve like leaning over and everyone was sitting in chairs. I'm so short that they had to kind of work with the height and have the cast. And I was like, oh, that's brilliant. That really worked great. So.

• 30:43Speaker 00

  Was that like dancing part of it? Was that the hardest to keep a straight face?

• 30:50Speaker 05

  Oh, I would say the entire thing. I mean, literally. Yeah, that was the hardest part, but when Creed says his line, that was a moment Steve and I had with him. We're like, what, what are you saying? What's happening? And I'm just like, you can see, if you really look, you can see me, whenever I pucker, I'm like, don't do it.

• 31:10Speaker 00

  Also, Steve is Michael in the extended scenes. He really goes at Rose. He's like, you know what, Rose, do your job. Like,

• 31:17Speaker 01

  He gets, he gets very antagonistic with you.

• 31:20Speaker 05

  Yeah, I know. I had forgotten all of that. So when I was watching it, I'm like, oh, that's so funny. But Rose, I mean, it's my character. She just kind of kept telling that line.

• 31:29Speaker 00

  Kept it moving, kept it going.

• 31:31Speaker 01

  I want to know, like, What stories did Rose tell her friend and significant other when she left that office that day? Right? Like, you guys are not going to believe what happened.

• 31:42Speaker 05

  I'm pretty sure Rose changed careers. In my mind, Rose was like, forget this. I'm gonna go to HR. I'm gonna be, I'm gonna go work with trees. I'm done. Like, you can tell she was at the end of her rope.

• 31:54Speaker 00

  Yeah, we broke Rose, unfortunately.

• 31:57Speaker 05

  Exactly. I think you did.

• 31:58Speaker 00

  When Dwight stabbed the CPR dummy, that was pretty much it for Rose. We are so curious if you have like a favorite memory from being on set or any kind of behind the scenes thing that, that you hold dear.

• 32:11Speaker 05

  Well, I would say for you, Ms. Angela, you were just so kind. I remember that you made sure I had clothes. You told me where to put the clothes at the end. Like, I was, it was like 11 at night. I'm like, where do I put my, everyone was gone. I'm like, where do I put my wardrobe? And you're like, just leave it in your trailer. And I remember leaving and just being like, that is so nice. I felt like I could go out with you guys afterwards. It was just a warm set. Everyone was lovely. And I felt like a receiving line at the end. Everyone was like shaking my hand and, and I was, you know, I'm just like, I honestly, when I went to set, Kind of like, oh, you know, they're gonna probably cut some of these lines. It's a lot of lines and that, you know, and I was convinced, I still am convinced, that I may have replaced them in the last minute.

• 32:56Speaker 00

  Hmm. We are not aware of that.

• 32:59Speaker 05

  I just, that is the story I tell myself all the time because it was such a quick cast.

• 33:05Speaker 00

  We move pretty fast sometimes, though, so I would say toot your own horn, lady. I think that part was yours all along.

• 33:11Speaker 05

  Yeah. Oh, yeah, I definitely felt like when I was on set, even watching it the other day, I was like, oh, yeah, I was supposed to be there. That's, that's a night, it was such a nice feeling. So having those wonderful feelings are kind of what I take away from The Office. And it was surreal for me to be looking, like when Steve Carell was like, hi, I'm Steve Carell. I'm like, in my head, there's like a squirrel in my head being like, Steve Carell is walking up to you. Steve Carell is putting out his hair. Steve Carell said hello to you. Steve Carell's really in shape. I'm like, wow, he's really in shape. I mean, this is what was going on in my head. And then I'm just like, keep it together. Rain Wilson kept trying to give me high fives. I could not reach. He kept doing that. I was like, dude, I can't, can't reach. And then, and someone did ask, I think it was, I think it was Rain or Ed that said, hey, are you a nurse? I'm like, no.

• 33:56Speaker 01

  Well, where does this role rank in terms of film and television appearances for you? Cause you're saying this was a new agent. This was someone who you hadn't even met in person and now you go out and you book this role.

• 34:10Speaker 05

  Huge. It was completely huge. You know, one of the things I did when I moved to LA after college is I went and worked in a casting office for a few months, just an internship. And it was one of the best things I ever did as an actor because I really could watch how a part meets a person. It's a serendipity. It's this magic thing. It's their part. And years later, when I'm auditioning and I'm, you know, I'm in the hustle. I'm just trying to meet people, you know, get as much experience as possible. When it happened to me, like emotionally, spiritual, everything, I was like, oh, it, it is true. It does happen, you know, to have that actually happen. And as far as credits, huge, huge credits. The biggest push, obviously when the Super Bowl aired and we, we watched it, it was the first hour long episode

• 34:55Speaker 05

  and it won an Emmy.

• 34:57Speaker 01

  Yep.

• 34:57Speaker 05

  So this is a no joke episode. So thrilled, so thankful to be part of that. But when Netflix put it on the network during the pandemic area, like era, that then gave me a new audience. And not only did I have the parents that watched The Office at their kids. So that's another reason why, you know, I waited tables forever. So I would wait on people and people say, hey, aren't you Rosa's CPR instructor? I'm like, yeah, I am. How are you? And in fact, I was getting a facial yesterday and my facialist said, aren't you Rosa's CPR instructor? I mean, it's crazy. So that, that is the strongest. But when you look at other pieces of work, like projects that I have developed or been in that are, have other special meetings, but this one is really special and I knew it when I was on set. Like this is something special is

• 35:42Speaker 05

  gonna happen here. So.

• 35:44Speaker 01

  Was it wild to see this after the Super Bowl? Like as you're sitting there, like if you go back in time, like take me back to like you're sitting on your couch and you know you have the Super Bowl audience.

• 35:57Speaker 05

  Well, we learned something that night. First of all, if you're in a big episode of a show, don't invite everybody over. I invited like a ton of people. I had like a party at my house. At that time I was married, so my husband was there and his friends. It was like a gorgeous little party and I was so nervous. I was like, I don't know how this is gonna go. I mean, this could be awful.

• 36:16Speaker 01

  Because you haven't seen it yet, right?

• 36:18Speaker 05

  I had not seen it.

• 36:19Speaker 01

  You don't know.

• 36:21Speaker 05

  I had no idea. And I was like, I will never do that again. I will just let you know when it's airing and good luck with that. Cause it was too stressful. So when I watched it, I was, it was nervous the whole time. And then I was like, oh yeah, I did that. Okay, good. Again, I knew something special. When the Emmys were happening, I was, this time I was by myself. And you know, I'm just like, I'm not gonna risk that again. And I was like, and I didn't even know the episode was up for an Emmy. I was just like, I'm gonna watch the Emmys, see what happens. And I was like, that's the episode. It's so fantastic. So it was, again, for me, I always tell folks, it's the gift that keeps given. It just keeps given. Yeah. Like even today, it's so lovely to see you guys. It's so wonderful

• 37:02Speaker 05

  to talk about work that means a lot, not just to me, but when I, I get recognized, people are thrilled. They're not, they're just, it makes them so happy, brings so much joy. Like to be a part of that. I'm, I'm, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

• 37:18Speaker 00

  Well, you're a huge part of that. I mean, there's many episodes, obviously, that are fan favorites, but this is one of the big tent pole episodes. And I love that people just come up and share their joy with you because that's how we feel too.

• 37:30Speaker 05

  Everyone's so nice.

• 37:32Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 37:32Speaker 05

  And your fan base is lovely. And what you're doing with the show is so lovely. And I hope you guys know that. It's like, I don't know if people tell you enough that what you're building is this wonderful, warm community of positivity. When you talk to your fans and answer their questions and listening, I listen to your podcast and I feel like I'm like you're in my car with me. Like they're not in there, even how you talk about your products, like the advertisement, the way that you describe, I'm just like, oh, my gosh, totally gets it. Okay, I get it. It's such a breakthrough.

• 38:03Speaker 01

  We did win an award for our ad reads.

• 38:06Speaker 05

  Oh, yeah, you did.

• 38:09Speaker 01

  We were super excited about that. We were proud of that, you know?

• 38:13Speaker 05

  I probably should be.

• 38:14Speaker 01

  The, the show is free and it's paid for by advertising, but we're like, they don't need to be boring to listen to. So thank you for that compliment.

• 38:21Speaker 05

  Yeah, you're so welcome.

• 38:23Speaker 00

  Well, Robin, what are you working on right now? Is there anything we can shout out to our listeners?

• 38:27Speaker 05

  Sure. Thank you for asking. So this has been a really fun year. I've been pivoting from an actor, but also writer performer. So I just completed my first pilot for a comedy. It's actually a drama. It's a dramedy disguised as a comedy.

• 38:43Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 38:43Speaker 05

  That's how I like to say it. Last year was an interesting year for me. I had multiple jobs, you know, after COVID and the strikes, you know, we had the union strikes. It was, it's been a bit crazy out here in LA. So I ended up having a few jobs. And one of the jobs that I had, I worked at a medical device company here in Los Angeles. And it's a call center.

• 39:04Speaker 00

  I know call center life.

• 39:06Speaker 05

  And saying, oh, my God, this is a show. So I wrote my first pilot about that in Pitch Check and Treatment. So now I'm sharing it and getting feedback. And it's called On the Line. And the, the fun part about this show and the experience that I had was this office is like still in 1982.

• 39:25Speaker 05

  And they're dealing with people with medical devices that work. The device is great, but how they run the joint is like from the eighties. And I remember just sitting there going, and the characters that it was, the ensemble cast, it was brilliant. I'm like, this is so rich. I stayed there for three months and did like recon. I just like pulled, pulled, pulled, and then I sat and I wrote. And I'm like, being an actor has been wonderful, but be able to to transition to writing as well. I feel very thankful. It's like opening up a whole new world for me. So that's what I'm working on right now. It's very exciting.

• 39:55Speaker 01

  That's wonderful.

• 39:56Speaker 00

  Yeah, you'll have to update us as things go, because that's so exciting.

• 40:00Speaker 05

  I'll let you know.

• 40:01Speaker 01

  Oh, this was so great. Thank you for spending this time with us and going over these scenes. And like Angela said, this episode is just really beloved, but these scenes are really beloved. And it's one of the most memorable parts of the whole series is this CPR training day.

• 40:20Speaker 00

  Rain says he gets that, he gets a lot of memes of himself. We all do, right? Like, they show up, but the one where he's cut the face off the dummy.

• 40:30Speaker 01

  Yep.

• 40:30Speaker 00

  And everyone is screaming at him.

• 40:33Speaker 01

  And also, all the real lives that have been saved from people who remember the Stayin' Alive advice.

• 40:41Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 40:41Speaker 01

  Do people share that with you?

• 40:43Speaker 05

  Yes, yes. So what happens, you know, I, you know, I am a little, you know, a funny person. I'm always making little jokes, but I was like, you know, we're actors. We're not like saving lives. But then I started getting articles from people around the country saying they used it to save, like, someone in Arizona used it, a woman saved a squirrel with it. And I'm like, we are saving lives. I mean, that's actually happening with that song. And I thought that was very, very sweet. But people do share that with me often. It's crazy that this, everyone, culturally, everyone knows about this scene and about this song. So it's pretty cool.

• 41:18Speaker 01

  Really cool.

• 41:18Speaker 00

  Really cool. In rewatching it, I forgot how much Michael, like, came alive when, I think it was the first thing Rose said that made any sense or was any fun to him. When, when Rose is like, actually, do you know "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees? He's like, I do. He was so, he was like, Rose and I are about to jam.

• 41:42Speaker 05

  So great. And then you got the song wrong. It was so great.

• 41:45Speaker 00

  You started at the wrong spot and you're like, no, it's this part.

• 41:48Speaker 05

  The chorus?

• 41:49Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 41:51Speaker 05

  No, it was actually the wrong song. That was, I will, he was singing, I Will Survive.

• 41:55Speaker 01

  Oh, yeah, that's right. That's right. That's right.

• 41:57Speaker 05

  Yes, yes, you're right.

• 41:58Speaker 00

  Which is actually so perfect. Well, is there anything from your time on the show or anything that you wanted to share that we missed?

• 42:06Speaker 05

  Just, again, so surreal, so quick. When I got there, they were just trying to put clothes on me. I don't even think they put makeup on me. They were like, let's get her dressed. And off to the set we went. And I had, it was, she, you know, shot in Van Nuys. I had never been to Van Nuys before. I was living on the West Side. So I remember being like, wow, this is the valley. Now I live out here. So I'm like, oh yeah, it's right down the street. But I just remember in the parking lot, when I got there, in my little Corolla, I pulled up my Corolla, and Creed actually said, I know you. He actually gave me the line in the parking lot before we even started. And I do see him, by the way, at our Ralphs. Like, I live right here where the Ralphs is. And like, I've seen him at Petco, and he doesn't have a pet. And I'm like, what you doing here? He's like, I don't know, my grandpa, my grandkids want me to get a dog.

• 42:50Speaker 00

  His daughter, yeah, has a dog, yeah.

• 42:52Speaker 05

  It's so funny. But I just, again, I feel so blessed that I got to work with you guys and have this experience and bring Rose to life. And yeah, poor Rose, after that, she definitely got a new job. She quit. She went on holiday for two weeks and never came back. She was like, I'm out of here. But yeah, so it was just a wonderful experience. And everyone was so kind. So thank you. And thank you for having me on today, just to connect.

• 43:15Speaker 00

  Yeah. I'm sorry it took us so long to connect, but I'm so glad we finally did.

• 43:19Speaker 01

  Yeah, thank you for reaching out.

• 43:21Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 43:21Speaker 05

  Of course. My pleasure. And I'll keep you guys posted when On the Line gets a little traction.

• 43:25Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 43:26Speaker 01

  We'd love it.

• 43:27Speaker 05

  Oh, cool.

• 43:27Speaker 00

  All right. Take care, Robin.

• 43:29Speaker 01

  Thanks, Robin.

• 43:30Speaker 05

  Bye.

• 43:31Speaker 00

  Yay.

• 43:35Speaker 00

  Well, that was just lovely.

• 43:36Speaker 01

  Once again, it just brings me so much happiness to get to reconnect with people who are on the show. And I love hearing how even just this one day role has impacted her life 20 years later. It's really cool.

• 43:50Speaker 00

  It's really cool. And you guys, if you want to find Robin on Cameo, we'll be sharing that link in our stories. So go and check it out.

• 43:57Speaker 01

  All right. Well, why don't we take a break and then we'll be back with Around the Town and our Office Question of the Week.

• 44:12Speaker 00

  All right, I'm going to kick us off with an around the town from our snail mail. This is from Sam Kay from the United Kingdom. Sam said, Dear Office Ladies, I just wanted to say a genuine thank you for The Office and your podcast. Both the show and the podcast have been a constant companion for me while I'm working. I spend a lot of time making miniatures at home and prop making, and having something comforting, funny, and familiar on as I make makes such a difference. What I especially love is when you talk about props and behind the scenes details. Prop making can often feel like a bit of an inside invisible craft in filmmaking. Hearing you highlight that side of things feels really special and appreciated.

• 44:55Speaker 00

  Thank you again, lots of love, Sam Kay. P.S. I hope the gifts arrived okay.

• 45:02Speaker 01

  What are the gifts?

• 45:03Speaker 00

  Lady, he makes miniatures.

• 45:05Speaker 01

  Stop it. You know miniatures are my favorite thing.

• 45:07Speaker 00

  I know.

• 45:08Speaker 01

  Is this a miniature? Is that what this box is?

• 45:10Speaker 00

  That top box, you have to open it. I'm going to share them in stories. Isn't it amazing?

• 45:14Speaker 01

  Oh, my God. This is...I could actually cry.

• 45:20Speaker 00

  It's so beautiful. We have to describe to everyone.

• 45:23Speaker 01

  Okay, I have a shadow box with miniatures inside of it, and it is...it's very Pam-centered, but also office-centered. So I have a little ream of Dunder Mifflin paper. There's a little mixed berries yogurt. There is a teapot, a tiny teapot with also all the little things that were in the teapot. There is a yogurt lid. I don't even understand how he made these itty-bitty paper clips. There's an itty-bitty The Adventures of Jimmy Halpert, and some little shoes and Pam's watercolor. I mean, I...

• 46:04Speaker 00

  It's really...

• 46:05Speaker 01

  Oh, my gosh, and my mug, my pink mug!

• 46:06Speaker 00

  I know. It's really so special, Sam. I have a lot of the similar things Jenna had that are office-centric, but I also have the babies playing jazz poster.

• 46:16Speaker 01

  Oh, my gosh, you have... Your Birkenstocks that you were bumping.

• 46:20Speaker 00

  Yes, I have Angela and Dwight's Birkenstocks. I have, I have Sprinkles collar. I have the little cherub angel that Dwight keeps after they break up. I have the key that Angela gives Dwight and Dwight's bobble head. I have the little cat ears I wore at Halloween. But then in the middle, I have a baseball hat that says lady with a hummingbird on top of it.

• 46:43Speaker 01

  Sam, I hope you are listening and I hope you know that I will absolutely treasure this. This is such a gift. Thank you so much. Thank you for the, the clear amount of just artistry and detail that went into this. There's also a Pam's candy dish. It looks just like her candy dish, but little.

• 47:06Speaker 00

  But tiny and it is so special. I'm going to share pictures in our story. Sam, thank you for taking the time to make these. I hope our podcast keeps you company as you continue prop making.

• 47:18Speaker 01

  Well, lady, we also got an invitation that I know you are going to love. This is from Kim L. in Mendocino, California. Kim said, hello ladies. If you are fans of Angela Lansbury and Murder She Wrote, you might want to come to my hometown.

• 47:36Speaker 00

  What?

• 47:37Speaker 01

  I'm not sure if you know this, but Mendocino hosts the Murder She Wrote Festival. Wait for it, lady. Years ago, they used to film here for the outside shots of the fictional town Cabot Cove. And now we host the Murder She Wrote Festival. People come to celebrate the show and there are so many fun events like trivia games, a costume contest, and there's a Jessica jog where people dress up in blonde wigs and gray sweatsuits and run through the streets. Oh, I should say, not only is it a fun weekend, but proceeds from ticket sales, go to support the Kelly House Museum, which is Mendocino's local history nonprofit.

• 48:18Speaker 01

  Kim included a flyer. Kim also said this year it's sold out, so put it on your calendar for next spring and come visit. Maybe you could even do a travel journal about it.

• 48:29Speaker 00

  Kim, are you kidding me?

• 48:31Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 48:31Speaker 00

  Look at this flyer.

• 48:33Speaker 01

  One of the things, if you buy a pass, it says you can participate in a "solve-along murder she wrote." It's like, lady, that's mom detectives happening.

• 48:43Speaker 00

  And we could do a travel journal. We could do a whole episode about it.

• 48:47Speaker 01

  I want to go. So this year it happened in early May, so let's keep our eye out.

• 48:51Speaker 00

  Okay. Kim, thanks for the tip. And finally, from Jarrett B. in Alliance, Ohio. So this one really cracked me up, okay?

• 48:59Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 49:00Speaker 00

  Because I am getting Google alerts, you guys. Not for myself. I'll continue to share. Jarrett, I had heard of this, but it tickled me that you wrote in. So Jarrett says, "There is a woman running for Stark County Auditor named Angela Kinsey." You guys, it's spelled exactly the same way. Jarrett goes on to say, "There are signs all over saying, 'Keep Kinsey.'" And all I can think of is "Office Ladies Angela." Are you secretly running for local office? I think you'd be a great county auditor.

• 49:35Speaker 01

  Wow, I did not know this.

• 49:36Speaker 00

  Yeah. So I actually have had a few people say, "Hey, you might have a doppelganger in Ohio."

• 49:43Speaker 01

  Lady, years ago, I think a woman named Jenna Fisher committed a crime.

• 49:48Speaker 00

  Oh, no.

• 49:48Speaker 01

  Yeah, and I was getting, like, alerts.

• 49:52Speaker 00

  Oh, my goodness. Well, thanks, Jarrett, for writing in. That tickled me. And now our Office Question of the Week. It is from Anna B. in Chickchester, UK, if I'm saying that right, Anna. Anna says, "Hi, ladies. I love the podcast. I listen to you ladies all the time, while driving, doing the dishes, falling asleep. I've tried to get my husband, who's a big Office fan, to listen to your podcast, but he can't merge Angela Martin's cold and snarky attitude with real Angela's fun and upbeat personality." Oh, no. My question is, do you have a favorite and least favorite outfit you wore on the show? Thanks.

• 50:28Speaker 01

  Well, my favorite outfit popped into my mind immediately.

• 50:34Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 50:34Speaker 01

  What about you?

• 50:36Speaker 00

  I think my favorite and least favorite happened on the same day.

• 50:39Speaker 01

  Oh.

• 50:40Speaker 00

  Same episode.

• 50:41Speaker 01

  No way. Oh, I can't. Okay, say.

• 50:44Speaker 00

  Okay. Mine is from Costume Contest in season seven. If you remember, my character dresses as a penguin.

• 50:53Speaker 01

  Mm hmm.

• 50:53Speaker 00

  It's so comfortable. It was like wearing pajamas.

• 50:57Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 50:57Speaker 00

  It was cozy. I wasn't cold. It was literally amazing. Then I changed into a nurse, the nurse outfit. I had this weird push-up bra plus those like, like cutlet things, you know, that like give you even more cleavage. And I had like these weird thigh-high stockings and heels that were uncomfortable. And I was like, this stinks. I do not like this outfit. I feel pushed and pulled and cinched and no, thank you.

• 51:29Speaker 01

  Well, it's very funny to me that your favorite and least favorite were in the same episode, but also that it was a Halloween episode because my favorite is from a Halloween episode.

• 51:40Speaker 00

  Oh, can I guess?

• 51:41Speaker 01

  Mm hmm.

• 51:42Speaker 00

  Is it when you were olive oil?

• 51:44Speaker 01

  No.

• 51:45Speaker 00

  When?

• 51:46Speaker 01

  When I was the kangaroo, when I was super pregnant.

• 51:49Speaker 00

  Wait, so basically the penguin and the kangaroo are our favorites? Similar theme.

• 51:54Speaker 01

  Yes, exactly.

• 51:55Speaker 00

  So comfy.

• 51:56Speaker 01

  I was so comfortable. It was glorious. It was great.

• 52:02Speaker 00

  So what was your least?

• 52:03Speaker 01

  And it was cute.

• 52:04Speaker 00

  It was cute.

• 52:05Speaker 01

  You know, I loved everything about it.

• 52:06Speaker 00

  I thought the penguin was cute. So what was your least favorite?

• 52:11Speaker 01

  Ah, guys, I have to be honest.

• 52:15Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 52:16Speaker 01

  I really hated that outfit that I wore in Casual Friday, the matching outfit that I wore with Phyllis that I found on the mannequin.

• 52:27Speaker 00

  So wait, it's because it's, it wasn't a jacket, it wasn't a sweater.

• 52:30Speaker 01

  It was the sweater that was.

• 52:32Speaker 00

  Or something?

• 52:33Speaker 01

  Listen, the shirt was fine. I didn't mind the shirt, but it was the weird purple half shawl cardigan thing.

• 52:41Speaker 01

  And it just, I think it's like, it's funny, you know how some things like over time, they grow on you?

• 52:48Speaker 00

  Mm-hmm.

• 52:49Speaker 01

  This is like the opposite of that over time.

• 52:52Speaker 00

  Right.

• 52:52Speaker 01

  Like every time I see it, it's gotten worse to me.

• 52:56Speaker 00

  You're like, that sucks.

• 52:58Speaker 01

  Like the first time I approved that costume, I was like, yeah, I like it. I believe it. It's good. It's cute. But like, it has not aged well. It has aged worse.

• 53:08Speaker 00

  You mean a sweater slash jacket weird shawl thing?

• 53:11Speaker 01

  Yes. It just was like, it wasn't even like a crop. It like came to like the mid bra line. It was, yeah. I'm gonna have to shout that out as my least favorite.

• 53:23Speaker 00

  Well, there you go, Annabie and the United Kingdom. Thank you so much for writing in. Tell your husband to listen to Office Ladies.

• 53:32Speaker 01

  Tell him it's okay. He's gonna really like Angela Kinsey.

• 53:36Speaker 00

  I hope.

• 53:37Speaker 01

  Well, everyone, thank you so much for listening and thank you for sending us gifts and sending us your questions. And a huge thank you to Robyn Lynch for joining us today.

• 53:48Speaker 00

  Yeah, we hope you guys have a great one and we'll see you next week.

• 53:50Speaker 01

  See you then. Thank you for listening to Office Ladies.

• 53:56Speaker 00

  Office Ladies is a presentation of Odyssey and is produced by Jenna Fisher and Angela Kinsey.

• 54:02Speaker 01

  Our senior producer is Matt Beagle and our audio engineer is Sam Kiefer.

• 54:06Speaker 00

  Odyssey's executive producer is Leah Reese Dennis.

• 54:09Speaker 01

  Office Ladies was mixed and mastered by Bill Schultz.

• 54:12Speaker 00

  Our theme song is Rubber Tree by Creed Bratton.